NDLI: Sustainable Urban Water System Transitions Through Management Reforms in Ghana

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Author	Acheampong, Ernest Nti Swilling, Mark Urama, Kevin
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Despite decades of water reforms, Ghana’s struggle to achieve sustainable urban water system is deepened by complex interactions of multi-layered political, socio-economic and managerial characteristics, leaving a rationing system of water supply in major cities like Accra. Using a multi-level perspective framework, the paper examines the dynamics of urban water system transition through management reforms. The study showed how external pressure at the landscape level influenced policy direction within urban water regime through the implementation of neo-liberal economic policies, paving way for resistance and grassroots innovation at the niche level. The implementation of such policies in the reform process did little to help achieve the desired sustainable urban water system goals. The paper suggests a blend of public and private financing with support for grassroots to improve urban water system management. However, subsequent urban water policy reforms must be informed by knowledge of social, economic, and political realities rather than imported generic “best policies and practices” that often conflict with local realities.
Starting Page	1835
Ending Page	1849
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09204741
Journal	Water Resources Management
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15731650
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-02-02
Publisher Institution	European Water Resources Association (EWRA)
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Multi-level perspective Reforms Policies Management Transition Urban water system Hydrogeology Hydrology/Water Resources Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Civil Engineering Environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering

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